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The Intelligence Park

on BBC Radio 3

Opera in three acts by Gerald Barry to a libretto by Vincent Deane.
In 18th-century Dublin,
Paradies cannot finish his new opera. The arrival of the castrato Serafino inspires him to music, but disrupts his marriage plans. (baritone) (tenor) (soprano) (bass) (countertenor) (alto)
Almeida Ensemble, conductor Robert Houlihan
Actl
8.15 Gerald Barry talks to
Paul Griffiths about his opera.
8.25 Act 2
9.00 A reading from A True and Genuine Narrative of Mr and Mrs Tenducci , a source text for The
Intelligence Park.
9.10 Act 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerald Barry
Unknown:
Vincent Deane.
Conductor:
Robert Houlihan
Talks:
Gerald Barry
Unknown:
Paul Griffiths
Unknown:
Mrs Tenducci
Robert Paradies:
Richard Jackson
D'Esperaudieu:
Paul Harrhy
Jerusha Cramer:
Angela Tunstall
Sir Joshua Cramer:
Stephen Richardson
Serafino:
Nicholas Clapton
Faranesi:
Buddug Verona James

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